Produce statutory guidance for supporting kinship care leavers

Background

We want the Department for Education to create robust statutory guidance for local authorities regarding the support for those leaving kinship care at 18 - regardless of their legal arrangement or time spent in local authority care. We would like financial, housing, emotional and practical support.

Additional details

As young people who have been raised in kinship care, we have faced untold trauma. When we turn 18, we become invisible - our experiences are assumed to stop affecting us, and any support we received as children stops. Many of us have lost our carers, or they haven't got the financial or physical means to support us any longer. We also rarely have support from biological parents. A number of us face post-traumatic stress, SEND need and financial difficulties due to our experiences. Help us!